Harbor Branch dolphin rescuer, supporters plead for his job

Steve McCulloch, pictured with a dolphin in this undated file picture, was recently removed as executive director of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute/Florida Atlantic University marine mammal division.

BOCA RATON — Harbor Branch dolphin rescuer Steve McCulloch will learn his fate in about a month after he and about 15 supporters pleaded his case during a six-hour grievance hearing Tuesday.